Ranked No. 19 among Yankees prospects by MLB.com entering the 2013 season. ... Made his Major League debut on Sept. 22, 2011 against the Tampa Bay Rays. ... Underwent Tommy John surgery on Aug. 27, 2009 and did not return until June 10, 2010. ... Selected by the New York Yankees in the eighth round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft out of Grand Street Campus High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. ... As a senior in 2005, he set a school record with 20 strikeouts in a game. ... In 2005, he became the first player from New York City to be named an Aflac All-American.